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MenuMasters winners put best feet forward

A distinct trend seems to be developing among winners of Nation’s Restaurant News’ annual MenuMasters awards: It’s leading to a fantastic understanding.

During the 2013 MenuMasters event at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Cleveland-based chef Jonathon Sawyer accepted his Innovator of the Year honor in special beaded footwear designed by Donald J. Pliner.

And during Saturday night’s 2014 event, the team from Wendy’s matched Sawyer’s fashion-forward gesture step for step.

Wendy's team is caught red-footed at 2014 MenuMasters event.

Nearly every member of the 10-person Wendy’s team, who won a 2014 MenuMasters Best Limited-Time Offer honor for the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, was shod in red kicks of some sort. What made it so fashionable was the non-matchy-matchy effort.